Device for filling and closing barrels.



N0. $75,565. Patentod Iun 4, IQOI. H. KRAEMER.

DEVICE FOR FILLING AND CLOSING BARRELS.

(Application filed Sept. 8, 1900.) {No Model.) 3 Sheets-Sheet l.

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Patontad June 4, I901. H. KRAEMEB.

DEVICE FOR FILLING AND CLOSING BARRELS.

(Application filed Sept. 8, 1900.) (No Model.)

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H. KRAEMER.

DEVICE FOR FILLING AND CLOSING BABRELS.

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Hi5. J1EE FOR FILLING AND CLOSlNG BARRELS.

SPEGIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 675,565, dated June 4, 1901. Application filed September 8, 1900. Serial No: 29,362. (No model.)

To MZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that 1, HERMAN KRAEMER, a citizen of the United States, residing at 001- legepoint,in the county of Queens and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Filling and Closing Barrels, Kegs, and other Vessels, of which the following is a full and complete specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to devices for filling and plugging or closing barrels, kegs, and other vessels and the object thereof is to provide an improved device or apparatus of this class which is simple in construction and operation and by means of which a barrel, keg, or other vessel may be filled and a plug or sto per forced into the bung thereof, so as to secu rely close said barrel, keg, or other vessel.

Myinvention is particularly adapted for use in connection with barrels, kegs, or other vessels designed as receptacles for beer, carbonated or aerated waters, and similar liquids; and the invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawings form a part, in which Figure l is a side view of my improved device or apparatus; Fig. 2,a front view thereof; Fig. 3, avert-ical section of the lower portion thereof, taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4, a sectional side elevation of the device as shown in Fig. 1, and Fig. 5 a cross-section on the line 5 5 of Fig. e.

In the drawings forming part of this specification the separate parts of my improvement are designated by the same reference characters in each of the views, and in the practice of my invention I provide a device of the class described comprising a base 5, provided with an upright or support 6, one side of which is provided with two brackets 7 and 8, which are secured thereto or formed thereon. The lower bracket 8 carries a sleeve 9, preferably composed of two parts bolted together at 10, and mounted in said sleeve is a tube 11, provided at one side with a rackbar 12, which operates in a groove formed in the inner side of the sleeve 9, and mounted in the bracket 8, between the sleeve 9 and the support 6, is a shaft 13, provided with a pinion 14, (shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1,)

which operates in connection with the rackbar 12, and the shaft 13 is also provided with a lever 15, having a ratchet-head 16, and connected with the support (5 is a pawl 17, which operates in connection with the ratchet-head 16 of said lever 15. The lower end of the tube 11 is shown in Fig. 3, and said tube is provided at its extreme lower end with a head 18, within which is secured,by a screw-thread or otherwise, a tubular coupling 19, provided at its opposite sides with ports or passages 20, having screw-threaded tubular extensions 21, with each of which is connected a pipe 22 provided with a valve 23, and the tubular coupling 19 is provided at its lower end with a cushion 2%, preferably composed of rubber or similar material and held in place by a band or ring 25, connected with the lower end of said tubular coupling by a screw-thread, as shown at 26. The upper bracket 7, which is formed on or connected with the support 6, is provided with a sleeve 27, composed of two parts bolted together at 28, and mounted in said sleeve is a plunger 29, provided at one side with a rack-bar 30, which moves in a corresponding groove in the inner side of the sleeve 27, and mounted in the upper portion of said bracket 7 is a shaft 31 provided at one end with a wheel 32, which operates as a handle, and with a pinion which operates in connection with the rack-bar 30,and by means of the shaft 31 the plunger 29 may be raised or lowered, as will be readily understood. The lower end of the plunger 29 is reduced in size, as shown at 33, and enters the upper end of the tube 11, and the extreme lower end of said plunger is shown in Fig. 3 and is tapered, as shown at 34c.

One side of the head 18, at the lower end of the tube 11, is provided with an opening 35, which is shown in full lines in Figs. 1 and 2 and in dotted lines in Fig. 3, and in practice a cork, plug, or stopper, composed of any desired material and preferably made cup shaped in form, as shown at 36 in Fig. 3, is inserted into the opening and placed on the lower end of the plunger 29, or said cork,

plug, or stopper may be simply set into the tubular coupling 19.

The operation will be readily understood from the foregoing description when taken in connection With the accompanying drawings and the following statement thereof. A barrel, keg, or other vessel is shown in dotted lines at 37 and the bung therein is also indicated at 38, and in practice the barrel, keg, or other vessel is filled through one of the pipes 22, while the other pipe 22 serves as an air-escape and overflow. It will be understood that in practice the barrel, keg, or other vessel is placed under the apparatus, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and the tubular coupling 19 is depressed by the lever until the cushion 24 is pressed upon the barrel, keg, or other vessel, around the bung thereof, as clearly indicated in Fig. 3. The cord, plug, or other stopper is then inserted through the opening 35 in the head 18 of the tube 11, and the plunger 29 is then depressed by the wheel 32 and the shaft 31, and the cork, plug, or other stopper is forced downwardly below the opening 35, as shown in Fig. 3. The vessel is then filled through one of the pipes 22, as hereinbefore stated, after which the cork, plug, or other stopper is forced into the bung of the barrel, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 3, and during this process one of the passages 20 or the pipe connected therewith may be closed, if desired.

It will be observed that the central bores of the tube 11, the tubular head 18 thereof, the tubular coupling 19, and the cushion 24 are all of the same diameter, this construction being preferable in order to facilitate the operation of the apparatus, and by means of this device a vessel of the class specified may be completely filled and closed under pressure, as will be readily understood, and the said operation may also be quickly and easily performed.

It will be apparent that changes in and modifications of the construction herein described may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages, and I reserve the right to make all such alterations therein as fairly come within the scope of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. An apparatus of the class described, comprising a vertical support, two brackets arranged vertically thereon, and provided each with a verticallyarranged sleeve, a verticallymovable tube mounted in the lower sleeve, and devices for raising and lowering said tube in said sleeve, a vertically-movable plunger mounted in the upper sleeve, and devices for raising and lowering said plunger, the lower end of said plunger being adapted to enter the vertically-movable tube mounted in the lower sleeve, said vertically-movable tube being also provided at its lower end with a side opening, and with a tubular member connected with the lower end thereof,and provided with side ports or passages, the lower end of said member being also provided with an annular cushion, substantially as shown and described.

2. An apparatus of the class described, comprising a vertical support, two brackets arranged vertically thereon, and provided each with a vertically-arranged sleeve, a verticallymovable tube mounted in the lower sleeve, and devices for raising and lowering said tube in said sleeve, a vertically-movable plunger mounted in the upper sleeve, and devices for raising and lowering said plunger, the lower end of said plunger being adapted to enter the vertically-movable tube mounted in the lower sleeve, said vertically-movable tube being also provided at its lower end with a side opening, and with a tubular member connected with the lower end thereof, and provided with side ports or passages, the lower end of said member being also provided with an annular cushion, and tubes connected with said side ports or passages and provided with valves, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 6th day of September, 1900;

HERMAN KRAEuER.

WVitnesses:

JOHN HEGEMAN CORNELL, HENRY KUHLER. 

